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dos4gw
Nov 12, 2005


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Gentle Autist
Jun 4, 2003



if amerikkkans want to emigrate i heard some space just opened up in norway

Brace
May 29, 2010

by Ozmaugh


Gentle Autist posted:

if amerikkkans want to emigrate i heard some space just opened up in norway

holy poo poo dude

DaTroof
Nov 16, 2000

CC LIMERICK CONTEST GRAND CHAMPION
There once was a poster named Troof
Who was getting quite long in the toof


Gentle Autist posted:

if amerikkkans want to emigrate i heard some space just opened up in norway

really? i'd love to move somewhere less close-minded than these "united snakes"

*packs prayer rug and spare kufi*

qirex
Feb 15, 2001



quote:

"The pessimism of the big U.S. bulge-bracket firms is really what presumably has driven the stock to the levels that it's at," said Paul Taylor, chief investment officer for BMO Harris Private Banking. The Bank of Montreal unit manages C$14.5 billion ($15.3 billion) for wealthy Canadians and holds less than C$100 million of RIM stock.

"It irks them to think a Canadian company could possibly have the backbone to compete with the likes of Apple," said Taylor, who clearly thinks investors aren't giving RIM a fair shake.
RIMM is down because of cultural imperialism, not because they're a horribly mismanaged has-been company!

quote:

Still, Canadian enthusiasm runs deep. A prime example is Scotia Capital's Gus Papageorgiou, who kept an "outperform" rating on RIM since before the iPhone launched in early 2007. Papageorgiou's price targets since early 2009, on average, were 80 percent higher than the stock's close that day. Just before RIM issued disappointing quarterly numbers and a weak outlook last month, leading to the stock's sharpest one-day decline in years, Papageorgiou forecast a price above C$80 a year later. Even now he expects the stock to trade at C$57 in 12 months, while at least six U.S. firms (and one Canadian bank) see it staying under $30. The average target is $38.

Markov Chain Chomp
Jan 5, 2005



♪    Wanna be a Canadian Idiot     ♪

Hasters
Jun 9, 2010

Look to the past and remember no fempire rises that sooner or later won't fall.

Oh Canada

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

0x7FFFFFFF


hint: instead of standing around pouring more gas on the fire they're fleeing the building before it collapses.

except that second dude reminds of of the bitcoin investor who joined in rigth at the peak of every one of the last few major bubbles

eric
Apr 27, 2004

Ken is the best street fighter imho

qirex posted:

RIMM is down because of cultural imperialism, not because they're a horribly mismanaged has-been company!



When things are bad you're supposed to blame speculators.

dcseankun
Jun 17, 2005

suck my diiiiick, i'm a catshaaark!!!

Gus Papageorgiou fan club!

Playbook is just misunderstood...

GUS posted:

Scotia Capital analyst Gus Papageorgiou cut his rating to Sector Perform from Outperform. "Strength in international markets, strong if not reduced profitability, a slew of new products, and the strong launch of the PlayBook indicate RIM maintains some strengths. But, in our view, the company needs to execute"

He downgraded Apple in March

GUS posted:

While Gus Papageorgiou of Scotia Capital believes iPhone volumes will be “likely down sequentially,” the Toronto-based analyst believes the decline will be offset by iPad volumes.

If you would have listen to Gus's buy rating from april for RIMM you would have lost 50% of your money.

dcseankun fucked around with this message at Jul 26, 2011 around 20:28

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

0x7FFFFFFF


ugh lol i amlost want to write them an email but then they'll reply and be like "shhhh! "

Capslock Holmes
Nov 16, 2002



Gentle Autist posted:

if amerikkkans want to emigrate i heard some space just opened up in norway

drat

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

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Gentle Autist posted:

if amerikkkans want to emigrate i heard some space just opened up in norway

emigrate to gbs

Wilhelm_Scream.wav
Oct 8, 2004

maaaaagic 8-ball


just wanted to give some love to this thread title as i still chuckle a little every time i see it

BiohazrD
Mar 2, 2005


http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...3#post392957251

Scotsman posted:

Blackberry haters are the best. Every time they post you can just feel the rage coming off from their keyboard. It's funny to see how much people can hate a phone. I just don't get it. Move on.

Also I do love the "Blackberry has no apps" statement that comes up all the time, yet there is 100+ items a day added to App World.

Web Jew.0
May 13, 2009


I hate them because when i had their best phones it was slow as poo poo and surfing the web was a loving chore compared to similarly-priced iphones or droids or even the hp pre or a wp7

CitizenKain
May 27, 2001

That was Gary Cooper, asshole.


quote:

Major Plonquer [Moderator] 2 weeks ago in reply to Trader Tim
I have to agree with much of this. Except as a fifty-something executive (without the ever-expanding wasitline) with a slew of girlfriends under 25, I wouldn't be seen dead with a me-too iPhone or a 'look-at-me-I'm-dumasfuck' Android. I've never owned nor would ever own a Blackberry - what a dumb idea.

You should get your butt over here to Asia and take a look at the future, matey. We've been using your 'future' since 1999. Sure in the future there will still be an Apple and a Microsoft and even a Nokia, but Android is already dead and all the 'amazing stuff' you twerps in America drool over, we've had for more than a decade.

What amazes me is that you lot think Apple and Android is 'cool' but you've never heard of Osaifu Katai...

From comments about RIM.

NINbuntu 64
Feb 10, 2007



CitizenKain posted:

From comments about RIM.

Japanese phones are pure poo poo and are all about cramming as many retarded features into feature phones as possible, all of which seem to use a different, hideous proprietary OS.

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008




yes, 50-something executives, the most knowledgable and constantly correct of all peoples

Markov Chain Chomp
Jan 5, 2005



your saying something bad about blackberry? *sigh* *unsheathes osaifu katai...*

Tres
Jun 21, 2003

Richard Stallman AKA St. iGNUcius-sama <3


HYMEN.SYS posted:

Japanese phones are pure poo poo and are all about cramming as many retarded features into feature phones as possible, all of which seem to use a different, hideous proprietary OS.

loving this. literally the only semi-cool thing about mine when i owned one was the osaifu-keitai poo poo and even the software to manage that was an abomination.

still owned being able to go up to a vending machine and buy a drink using my phone though

Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar!
Rigoddamndicuλous.

wikipedia posted:

Osaifu-Keitai basically functions even without radio transmissions, so the applications can not be terminated just by closing a phone account. A user has to contact each service provider to stop all the functions.

it really is just as convenient as losing your wallet

also apparently made by sony because when you want high quality phones that do your personal banking you want to trust a company that makes poo poo phones and has a security department that's been trying to get fired for a decade

rim really has met its match in a lot of ways there

CitizenKain
May 27, 2001

That was Gary Cooper, asshole.


HYMEN.SYS posted:

Japanese phones are pure poo poo and are all about cramming as many retarded features into feature phones as possible, all of which seem to use a different, hideous proprietary OS.

I remember hearing about great Japanese phones used to be because every phone we got the US was poo poo, but I would have thought that belief would have ended around the same time the iPhone came out.

what is this
Sep 11, 2001

it is a lemur


Tres posted:

still owned being able to go up to a vending machine and buy a drink using my phone though

you realize all new model vending machines in the us do this with credit cards, right

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

0x7FFFFFFF


yeah sure, if you glue your NFC CC to the phone in order to "buy a drink from a vending machine with the phone"

Tres
Jun 21, 2003

Richard Stallman AKA St. iGNUcius-sama <3


what is this posted:

you realize all new model vending machines in the us do this with credit cards, right

live in australia, 90% of our vending machines are like 15 years old. it's poo poo.

also in the city i live in 95% of the stores close at 5:30 every day, nothing is open on sunday, restaurants close at like 9 and poo poo is expensive as hell.

none of this will change because our city is full of conservative old people who want to retain a "country town feel" despite our entire state being in the middle of a massive mining boom and property prices being the most expensive in the country.

EMILY BLUNTS
Jan 1, 2005

0x7FFFFFFF


come visit australia. even our stratas&councils have poison fangs

poisoned pie
Jan 15, 2005

Can you feel the colors?


Tres posted:

live in australia, 90% of our vending machines are like 15 years old. it's poo poo.

also in the city i live in 95% of the stores close at 5:30 every day, nothing is open on sunday, restaurants close at like 9 and poo poo is expensive as hell.

none of this will change because our city is full of conservative old people who want to retain a "country town feel" despite our entire state being in the middle of a massive mining boom and property prices being the most expensive in the country.

coming from nz im like "whoah gently caress this vending machine takes notes??? what is this wizardry?!

LUBE UP YOUR BUTT
Jun 30, 2008



Tres posted:

live in australia, 90% of our vending machines are like 15 years old. it's poo poo.

also in the city i live in 95% of the stores close at 5:30 every day, nothing is open on sunday, restaurants close at like 9 and poo poo is expensive as hell.

none of this will change because our city is full of conservative old people who want to retain a "country town feel" despite our entire state being in the middle of a massive mining boom and property prices being the most expensive in the country.

perth?

Tres
Jun 21, 2003

Richard Stallman AKA St. iGNUcius-sama <3


poisoned pie posted:

coming from nz im like "whoah gently caress this vending machine takes notes??? what is this wizardry?!

half the ones here don't take notes either

LUBE UP YOUR BUTT posted:

perth?

yep

Markov Chain Chomp
Jan 5, 2005



i'm taking notes. on this conversation. and its bad, real bad.

Tres
Jun 21, 2003

Richard Stallman AKA St. iGNUcius-sama <3


i'm taking notes. on your posting. and its bad, real bad.

zzz
May 10, 2008


CitizenKain posted:

From comments about RIM.

lol

joke's on him, japan is slowly starting to phase out the dumbphones for androids, plus iphone is big as always

I'd like to imagine a fifty-something executive whip out a clamshell dumbphone. maybe send a few emails crammed with animated smileys, or download a $3 a month tetris from the proprietary poo poo appstore. yesssss

NINbuntu 64
Feb 10, 2007



CitizenKain posted:

I remember hearing about great Japanese phones used to be because every phone we got the US was poo poo, but I would have thought that belief would have ended around the same time the iPhone came out.

Before the iPhone came out and basically invented the "consumer smartphone" it kinda was true. The phones were still awful and had absolutely poo poo interfaces even for the time but they were still better than most Americaphones.

Don Lapre
Mar 28, 2001

If you're having problems you're either holding the phone wrong or you have tiny girl hands.


People just liked japan phones cause it was poo poo they couldn't get here

Carrier
May 12, 2009


WHOOSH


when i was looking round morgan stanley in london they all had blackberries and were contsantly tapping away on them in meetings and poo poo reading email and pm each other and i was like woah, this is the future

then the credit crunch happened

Carrier
May 12, 2009


WHOOSH


basically im saying RIM caused the recession

Brace
May 29, 2010

by Ozmaugh


RIM is a literal joke

Brace
May 29, 2010

by Ozmaugh


just like your posting

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Godzilla07
Oct 4, 2008

back to the future.


hey guys is anyone bored of angry farm and looking for a new blackberry game? then check out ninja fruit bash



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